Mark Fleischmann

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Sony Bows New Blus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 27, 2008  |  0 comments
Two new Blu-ray players were among the highlights of a major Sony product introduction yesterday in Las Vegas.
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TiVo's Lawyers Trash EchoStar's Lawyers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 26, 2008  |  0 comments
It's not nice to steal intellectual property. That's what the U.S. District Court of Appeals said last month, ending a legal fistfight between TiVo and EchoStar. The court upheld a lower court ruling that the owner of the Dish Network infringed patents for a "multimedia time warping system."
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Audio Video News
Feds Mail Analog-TV Adapter Coupons
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 25, 2008  |  0 comments
Owners of obsolete analog television sets, rejoice. The $40 federal subsidy designed to keep your old TV going is in the mail--if you've requested it.
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U.K. Broadcasters Kill P2P Network DVR
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 22, 2008  |  0 comments
What if your DVR could record from other DVRs over the web? That was the provocative premise of TVCatchup, a U.K. startup. It sounded good to be true. And it was.
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Paramount Returns to Blu-ray
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 21, 2008  |  0 comments
This week's long round of goodbyes continues with Paramount's announcement that it will resume releasing in Blu-ray after a brief hiatus of HD DVD exclusivity.
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Universal Holds Breath, Turns Blu
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 20, 2008  |  0 comments
Buried in yesterday's avalanche of HD DVD coverage was this nugget: Universal, until now an HD DVD stalwart, will waste no time in switching to Blu-ray.
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Bookshelf Speaker ReviewsSubwoofer Reviews
Silverline Minuet Speaker System and Pinnacle CS 66 Subwoofer
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2008  |  Published: Jan 20, 2008  |  0 comments
Don't underestimate the little guy. Guys.

One of the annual highlights of my career as an audio/video scribe is the Home Entertainment Show. The 2007 edition took place at the Grand Hyatt in New York, practically on top of the gorgeously renovated Grand Central Terminal. It was there that I became interested in Silverline, a California-based speaker maker that was displaying both their Minuet mini-monitor (say that ten times fast) and the slender, floorstanding Prelude. The temptation to try five Minuets in a surround system proved to be overwhelming.

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Ears On
HD DVD's Dead -- What Next?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2008  |  0 comments
Today Toshiba announced that it will discontinue marketing HD DVD players. What do you think will happen next? Will you buy a Blu-ray player? Do downloads look more attractive? And finally, those of you who have tried both HD DVD and Blu-ray, which offered the better user experience? Weigh in and tell us what you think. After all, it's your opinion that will determine what happens next in this epic saga.
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HD DVD Officially Passes Away
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2008  |  0 comments
The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD has ended with an official statement admitting HD DVD's defeat.
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HD DVD's End Reported Near
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 15, 2008  |  0 comments
A Hollywood trade publication suggests that the end may be near for HD DVD, quoting a combination of on- and off-the-record sources. Update: That report has been confirmed by two other news outlets. See last graf.
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